Typically there are only 2 total, and 1 of them appears for only a limited (but reasonable) amount of time. A new element added to the game is finding artifacts hidden in the level. If you've played the first game in this series, you'll find this one easier (as far as getting expert time). Challenge level is reasonable and I got expert about half the time on the first try, and only took 1 or 2 repeat tries to get the expert time if I missed it. You get a gold for completing the level in the expert time and silver if you go past that, so I would assume that if time expires you can still move on to the next level but you get a bronze medal (I never ran out of time so I can't confirm that). The worst I ever did was missing the expert time by 30 seconds or so and there was still tons of time remaining. There is a timer, but it's very generous. There's a nice variety of environments including beach, ice/snow, lava it changed enough that I didn't get bored. The graphics aren't as nice compared to the two games I mentioned above, although I really liked the non-interactive island animals like crabs and rabbits. There are also numerous awards to obtain as you progress through the game. You send villagers to gather resources, clear obstacles, and perform level objectives like lighting a totem or building a bridge. A nice challenging version!ДЄn improvement on a solid road building game This is a 'road building' time management game similar to My Kingdom for the Princess and Roads of Rome. I do enjoy catching the cute tiny little animations in this series, and think they are well produced. Also in general I hate the 'stories' in any game (they are notoriously long in the HOG games in particular) and so skip past those as soon as I can. I don't like music in my games, so that is turned off, and I keep the sound low as well so I can't really comment either way on those. The larger jewels come and go as well, do assume they will be there when you find time to grab them. Sometimes they are not there a very long time, so you can miss them if you aren't watching. You do not get any advanced notification on finding 'specialty' items, they randomly pop up and it's up to you to spot them and click on them. There seems to be less time to complete the tasks, and it's easy to run out of time. As someone who has who has completed all higher versions (several times) with top scores, I am experienced at this game, but already have two levels I have tried twice to capture the gold, and so far have not succeeded! Here are my thoughts on the challenges: I am now in the middle of playing #2, and I've found it to be more challenging than many of the later versions!.

Surprisingly difficult! I have enjoyed all the Island Tribe versions, But I had skipped over 1 & 2 to play the later versions.

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